Thread by @djrothkopf

2022 begins with a strong likelihood that democracy in America will be significantly weakened by year's end--through voting restrictions, a right wing dominated Supreme Court that is becoming ever more radicalized and politicized, and likely GOP wins in November.

Should DoJ not hold coup plotters accountable, not act in the few weeks that remain to pursue the Mueller obstruction charges against Trump, that will compound the crisis by increasing Trump's sense of impunity.

Roe will die this year. Common sense gun restrictions will be limited. The ability of the executive branch to manage everything from pandemics to the climate crisis may well be weakened.

All these things are not inevitable. But resisting them will require a degree of focus, clarity and fight from pro-democracy, pro-justice Americans that we have seldom seen. Voting rights must be preserved. The filibuster must be reformed.

The president and the Democrats must turn up the volume and turn up the heat framing the choice between the and the GOP. Cash and energy must be directed at midterm elections Democrats must win to maintain Congressional majorities.

The scorched earth, Constitution-be-damned tactics of Republicans must be met not just with better values and better ideas on the part of Democrats but with tactics that exhaust every legal option in order to win and end this threat.

COVID will not make this easier--and we must take the strongest possible steps to ensure the public health and combat the politicization of the response which has turned red state residents with science-denying leaders into those who are suffering disproportionately.

The climate crisis will continue & we all must do what we can to drive solutions because governments have already proven they will do too little. Global crises will demand attention & we must stand up to threats while also resisting attempts to draw us into new costly conflicts.

Sorry to start the year with a list of worries. But facing them squarely is the only way that we can have a chance to end the year on a higher note, with better prospects for the future of the planet and our country than we face right now.